Chapter 40: The Map and the Sword in the Stone
Xu Yue originally just wanted to use his spiritual power to investigate why this ring emitted fluctuations of magic elements, but he didn't expect that as soon as his spiritual power touched the ring, the ring immediately emitted an obscure fluctuation. Then a picture appeared before his eyes.
It was an incomplete scene, as if it were the view of a certain place. Xu Yue felt as if she was moving through the picture from a first-person perspective, and because the scene was incomplete, the moving scene almost jumped. Finally, the scene comes to a valley.
The valley is so cloudy that you can barely see anything. Then the screen jumps again to a cave with an altar-like thing in the innermost part of the cave, and a sword stuck in the center of the altar. But before Xu Yue could take a closer look at the appearance of the sword, the whole picture suddenly disappeared.
Wang Bin next to him saw that Xu Yue had been looking at the ring and kept a stunned look, so he couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder and said, "If you like this ring, buy it, and I will transfer it to you at the original price." ”
Xu Yue shuddered as if he had suddenly woken up from a nightmare, he looked at the people around him and there was nothing abnormal, it was obvious that he was the only one who saw the picture just now. After nodding a little distractedly, he said, "Since this thing is really an antique, it's not bad to buy it back and collect it." At least this chic look is really cool. ”
Wang Bin smiled and said, "That's right, except for this one, I have never seen a ring inlaid with dragon-shaped sculptures in European antiques." However, this thing is not a famous thing, so the collection value is limited. I bought it for about $300. You'll give me 1,800 pieces of coins. ”
"That's not going to work, I can't let you suffer. According to the exchange rate, it is also a little less. Xu Yue had already recovered, shook his head and smiled, he took out three thousand yuan and handed it to Wang Bin and said, "Even if you are here to set up a stall to play time, but if you have a business, you can't sell it at a loss." Don't refuse, I may have to buy some Western antiques from you in the future, and leave a phone call for each other, otherwise I won't be able to come here often. ”
Wang Bin was also a simple person, seeing his resolute attitude, he didn't say anything, after accepting the three thousand yuan, he took out a blank piece of paper and wrote a phone number, handed it to Xu Yue and said, "This is my phone." It seems that you also have some interest in Western antiques. In the future, if you need to buy or appraise antiques from Europe, you can call me, as long as I am not in class or abroad, I usually have time. ”
Xu Yue took the piece of paper and carefully put it away, and then told Wang Bin his phone number. After the two talked for a while, he said that he had something to leave, and before leaving, he suddenly thought of something and turned around and said, "By the way! Do you have any such items that can be related to Western myths and legends or demons and monsters, and if so, can you let me see them, and if you are willing to transfer them, it would be better. ”
Perhaps because he was happy to find someone with a common hobby, Wang Bin smiled and agreed: "There are still one or two things, but this kind of thing that is related to legends cannot be verified, so it is likely that some ordinary antiques have been named myths and legends." But if you like these things, you can visit my house when you have time. None of these items are precious in my collection, and I can pass them on to you if you want. ”
"Thank you then, I'll definitely check it out when I have time. Goodbye!" Xu Yue said goodbye and walked out of the antique street directly. Before he left, he could vaguely hear some stall owners in the antique street talking about someone picking up a big leak, which was worth hundreds of millions of dollars or something, and it was obvious that their plan had succeeded.
Xu Yuelai didn't drive for convenience, so he could only take a taxi to leave when he left. When he came to the place where he had made an appointment with the fat man, he saw that the fat man and Zhang Hao had already asked for a table of wine and food in the private room of the hotel.
At this time, Zhang Hao had already changed the 'quasi-peasant outfit' back to his previous clothes, the color of his face had changed back to his original color, and the fake beard had also been removed.
After seeing Xu Yue push the door in, he hurriedly stood up and said with two points: "Brother Xu, I've been waiting for you for a long time." I thought you were stumbling over the people at the antique market. How's it going? My acting skills are good this time, right? For this reason, I found a professional makeup artist in the crew to draw it. That image, that tone, is so expressive!"
Xu Yue patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said with a smile: "Of course." You know, I almost didn't recognize you the moment I saw you. I'm bothering you this time, and I've made you work hard before and after, so let's have two drinks in a while. ”
"What is this! If you really talk about it, Brother Xu, you did me a great favor this time. You must know that if I hadn't found your way, I'm afraid I would have to beg my father to get his relationship gold in two days, and I would definitely be ridiculed by my father at that time. Zhang Hao waved his hand and said absently.
After the three of them sat down again, the fat man asked with curiosity: "Xu Zi, what good things do you like? I remember that you don't seem to know about antiques at all, right? After tossing over there for so long before you came over, Haozi and I will have to worry that you will be surrounded by those people in the antique market, and we will all rush in to rob people." ”
"It's as exaggerated as you say, even if those people really recognize me, can they still detain me? As he spoke, he took out the ring he bought from his pocket and threw it to the fat man and said, "I saw this thing at a stall and liked it more, so I bought it." I didn't expect to talk to the stall owner very speculatively, so it took a little longer. ”
The fat man took the ring in his hand, looked at it carefully, and said with some doubts: "You won't be deceived by someone, right?" This thing looks like a handicraft made from those game peripherals. ”
Zhang Hao next to him also came over curiously and said, "This cool ring doesn't look like an antique." Brother Xu, if you can't do it, you're really deceived. ”
Xu Yue smiled indifferently and said, "It doesn't matter if you cheat or not, this thing looks simple and atmospheric, I like it more." And after chatting with the stall owner for a long time, I feel that the stall owner is not the kind of person who can fool people. If this thing is really according to what he said, it has been about 1,400 years old, and the price is not expensive, so I bought it. ”
The fat man knew Xu Yue too well, he knew that Xu Yue must have something to say, and there might be something on this ring that they didn't see. However, there is Zhang Hao next to him who does not say it clearly, or there are some things here that are inconvenient to tell the two of them to know. So he blinked and said casually, "Yes, if you like it." Anyway, it's not bad for those two dollars. With that, he handed the ring back.
The three of them didn't talk about the ring, and after chatting for a while, several people were full of wine and food. Because he still had to hand over the promised gold to Zhang Hai, the fat man drove the three of them to Xu Yue's villa. After moving one hundred and twenty kilograms of gold to the fat man's car several times, Zhang Hao and the fat man said goodbye and left. Xu Yue directly asked the fat man to help bring Fang Yu's ten kilograms of gold over, he didn't plan to run anymore.
After everyone left, Xu Yue quickly came to his bedroom. After closing the bedroom doors and windows and closing the curtains, he took out a magic crystal from the bedroom safe.
After getting his hands on the ring carved with the dragon sculpture, he already knew that this ring was definitely a magical item. But after a simple contact, he realized that this magic item may be because it has been in an environment with a low concentration of magic elements for a long time, so the magic materials used in the internal magic array and the ring itself are almost in a semi-scrapped state, not only the magic array engraved inside has been damaged due to the passage of magic power, but the material of the ring itself is almost turned into ordinary metal due to the loss of magic elements.
Holding the ring and the magic crystal in his hands, Xu Yue mobilized his spiritual power to stimulate the magic crystal, only to see a fiery red point of light densely overflowing from the magic crystal like a firefly, and then threw himself into the ring under the effect of his spiritual power.
As soon as the ring came into contact with those magical elements, it was like a sponge that had been exposed to the desert for several days and came into contact with the water source, and began to devour the magical elements frantically. As more and more magical elements were absorbed, a faint red glow began to appear in the eyes of the dragon-shaped sculpture carved on the ring.
It was only after the magic elements inside a whole fire-type magic crystal were completely absorbed that the magic ring stopped. At this time, the whole ring does not have the gray and simple style of the previous one, but becomes as bright as new. The dragon-shaped sculpture on the ring became more vivid, as if it had come to life.
Xu Yue threw the magic crystal that had turned into a pile of white powder in his hand into a plastic bag and put it back in the safe, then he picked up the ring that had changed a lot, and touched the ring again with his spiritual power.
The obscure fluctuation reappeared, and suddenly the scene he had seen before his eyes came to life. However, what made him frown a little was that the scenes were still intermittent, only much clearer than before.
"It's a pity! The scene should be recorded by the internal magic array, and now the magic array damage is slightly damaged, so those scenes have also lost a lot, and you don't want to see all of them just by replenishing the magic power. He shook his head with some pity.
The scene recorded in this ring is obviously something similar to a map, and the thing that Wang Bin said before may be the legendary magician Merlin, coupled with the sword inserted in the altar seen in the scene, he can't help but think of the legendary King Arthur's sword in stone. In legend, that sword is quite legendary, and it is almost deified in both movies and comics.
However, Xu Yue was not moved by this, the biggest question he was thinking about now was why magic items could appear on the earth. You must know that based on his previous experience, it is almost impossible for a profession like a magician to exist on the earth, and the low concentration of magic elements here that makes people crazy can only be barely sensed by even a first-level magician.
Cultivating magic with that thin element of magic is simply an impossible task. No matter how talented you are, it would be difficult to complete an extremely inefficient meditation in such an environment.
"It seems that I will really go to Wang Bin when I have time in the future. Maybe the earth isn't as completely a magical desert as I imagined, but before that, I'll finish the business at hand!" Xu Yue thought silently in his heart.
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